Different features between subjects with asthma diagnosis and with only asthmatic symptoms
Conference Poster
Publication Date:
2010
abstract:
Aim: to evaluatewhethersubjectswithonlyasthmasymptomshavedifferent
characteristicswithrespecttothosewhohavealsoasthmadiagnosisinanItalian
generalpopulationsample.
Methods: ongoing cross-sectionalItalianstudywithintheframeworkoftheEuro-
pean UnionfundedprojectIMCA2(IndicatorsforMonitoringCOPDandAsthma
in theEU)involving1000selectedsubjectslivinginPisa.
An informationtechnologytooldevelopedbythecoordinatingcentre(IMIM,
Barcelona)wasusedtoadministerquestionnairesonrespiratorysymptoms/diseases
and riskfactors,andtorecordspirometricparameters.
A MultinomialLogisticRegression(MLR)analysiswasperformedtoassessthe
associationbetweenriskfactorsandpresenceofasthmadiagnosis(with/without
symptoms)oronlyasthmasymptomsrepresentedbywheezing/whistling,dysp-
noea 2ndlevel+,attacksofshortnessofbreathwithwheezesandnocturnalasthma
attacks.Subjectswithneitherasthmadiagnosisnorsymptomswerethereference
category.
Iris type:
04.03 Poster in Atti di convegno
Keywords:
asthma
List of contributors:
Baldacci, Sandra; Angino, ANNA ANTONIETTA; Martini, Franca; Maio, Sara; Viegi, Giovanni
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